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Make Citrix logons use asynchronous user Group Policy processing mode
Do you want quicker logons in a XenApp AD GPO environment? You do? OK, then… This has been a subject I’ve wondered about for a while. As I alluded to in my logon times article (which I’ve presented on...
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FSLogix licensing comes out of the shadows
What’s going to happen with FSLogix, acquired by Microsoft last year? Now, we finally know! So you may recall that Microsoft, back in November, acquired FSLogix. I wrote an article about it (that you...
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The history of the Windows user profile in EUC environments (1994-2019)
I’ve been told I bang on about Windows profiles a lot. Let’s fulfill that prophecy! Last week James Kindon, a fellow CTP and an affable guy who often chews the fat with me on Slack whilst he is...
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QuickPost – using FSLogix to create multiple default profiles and Start Tiles...
Let’s have a quick look at some cool tricks we can pull off with FSLogix. FSLogix (now owned by Microsoft) isn’t just about mounting VHDs for profiles and OST files. It’s actually a full suite of...
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FSLogix official release – version 1907 from Microsoft
It’s the news most of you have been waiting for about the FSLogix release Now I’ve talked a lot about FSLogix since Microsoft made their announcements about making the acquired solution available to...
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Happy Systems Administrator day 2019!
Well let’s have a bit of a light-hearted change for a day, eh? I used to be a Systems Administrator, and even as an EUC consultant I’m always thinking of those poor systems administrators as well as...
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Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops clipboard redirection
It’s been a long time since I’ve explored Citrix clipboard redirection….how well has it evolved? When you are working with remote applications and desktops, often clipboard redirection is vital to...
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Dynamic Start Menu on Server 2016/2019 and Windows 10
Let’s sort the Start Menu out…and find a nice, secure, simple way of managing it. The Start Menu in Windows used to be a user-customizable area of the filesystem, but ever since Windows 8, new...
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Customizing the WinX menu, and making it user-specific
So here’s (hopefully!) a full, comprehensive guide to tinkering with the right-click Windows WinX menu. What is the WinX menu? The WinX, or Win+X (because that’s the keystroke that reveals it), menu...
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Optimizing the Teams web client (and streaming video) on Citrix Virtual Apps...
Using the Teams web version? Make it perform better by offloading it to the client. The Teams full-fat installer has some issues for Citrix admins right now, mainly due to its aggressive (and bloated)...
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Citrix Performance Analytics – first look
I’ve been previewing Citrix Performance Analytics – what are my first impressions of this service? I’ve spoken and written many times about the absolute importance of gathering client-side metrics in...
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2020 CTP and CTA announcements – the power of I.T. community
Today is CTP and CTA announcement day – but what makes I.T. community so special? I’ve been pretty active in the I.T. community for about eight years now, ever since I decided to stop spending so much...
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Adding Microsoft Authenticator MFA to Windows logon
Need a quick and easy 2FA setup for Windows and RDP logons? This might help… So I recently had a challenge where I needed to add 2FA (specifically, using the Microsoft Authenticator service) to a...
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User group policies not applying when using FSLogix Profile Containers
There was a lot of noise about this issue lately – hopefully this will help some people out! So, I remember seeing a few weeks ago a lot of chatter in Slack and Microsoft forums about FSLogix Profile...
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QuickPost – Improve Windows 10 logon times with FastFirstSignIn
There’s a new trick in the quest for Windows 10 logon nirvana – introducing FastFirstSignIn. Specifically this for those of you using Windows 10 (whether this be ordinary Windows 10, or brokered...
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Spreading users over multiple file shares with FSLogix Profile Containers
I’m standing on the shoulders of giants this week – today, it is Ryan Revord. Introduction The COVID-19 outbreak lies at the heart of this blog post. Recently, we were asked to scale up a Citrix...
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uberAgent explored, part #1 – getting up and running
The first part of an in-depth exploration of uberAgent – getting it up and running If you’ve ever seen any of my presentations, I constantly go on about the importance of monitoring. I take every...
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Using OneDrive Sync Client with C: drive restrictions (and a bunch of handy...
Let’s go have a quick delve into the age-old battle of user experience against security! It is very important to secure your Citrix environment from attackers, but it’s also important to ensure you...
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uberAgent explored, part #2 – out-of-the-box experience
Part 2 of an in-depth exploration of the uberAgent product – how it performs out-of-the-box If you haven’t read part #1 of this article yet, then you’re coming in half-cocked. Go and read it first! We...
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Migrating Ivanti/AppSense profiles to FSLogix Profile Containers
Migrating DesktopNow to FSLogix has always been fiddly. Let’s see how we can do it! Ivanti User Workspace Manager (or AppSense DesktopNow) has a product called Environment Manager Personalization...
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